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Best Management Practices and Technical Guides
Some businesses simply want to know how to dispose of the wastes they generate. Quick answers can be found in How to Manage Business Hazardous Waste.
Best management practices and technical reports provide more in-depth answers to waste management questions. Titles and links to reports are found in Publications. Reports can be searched either by type of waste or by industry type. These reports address hazardous waste questions such as the following:
- What makes a waste “hazardous”?
- How can hazardous waste be avoided in the future?
- Is it possible to change products?
- Is it possible to improve the process?
- How can the amount of waste generated be reduced?
- Is it possible to cut waste management costs?
- Is it possible to reduce long-term liabilities?
- Are there other issues to consider, such as health risks, air and water pollution, or fire hazards?
Best practices are developed after research into many aspects of waste generation and management. They incorporate the requirements of regulatory agencies and balance these with practical considerations, arriving at a set of concise recommendations.
Technical reports summarize the results of studies that are done to develop best management practices, create resource directories, characterize waste, or help the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County identify priorities. Technical reports include waste sampling studies, surveys of vendors, and estimates of waste quantities in King County.
